> On 06/12/2023 11:09, Jason Long via Openvpn-users wrote:

> Hello,
> Suppose the OpenVPN server is located in another country, but the DNS server 
> is inside the company. What options should be included in the server and 
> client configuration >file?
> 
> Thank you.

> For OpenVPN 2.6 and newer, the new --dns option is preferred.
> For OpenVPN 2.5 and older, use --dhcp-option.

> If you operate in a mixed environment with clients running both 2.5 and 
> 2.6, you can push both --dns and --dhcp-option from the server to 
> clients (via --push).  And once all your client is updated to 2.6, 
> remove the --dhcp-option.

> The reason for preferring --dns is that it should have a consistent 
> behavior across platforms.  The --dhcp-option has several corner cases 
> where it does slightly different things depending on if you're on 
> Windows, macOS or Linux.  *BSD and some Linux setups will not do the DNS 
> setup out-of-the-box and will require additional script hooks to be 
> enabled (the exception is when starting VPN sessions via 
> NetworkManager).  Hosts running OpenVPN 3 Linux will get DNS setup 
> out-of-the-box, and that should support the --dns option as well.


> -- 
> kind regards,

> David Sommerseth
> OpenVPN Inc



Hello,
Thank you so much.
Do you mean the below lines for "server.conf":

OpenVPN 2.5        ==> push "dhcp-option DNS IP"
OpenVPN 2.6        ==> dns IP

?

Do clients need special settings?

Is "dns search-domains domain [domain ...]" necessary? For example, your local 
network has a domain like "example.xyz".


_______________________________________________
Openvpn-users mailing list
Openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-users

Reply via email to